Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed

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MORRISSEY Song
Name	Mama Lay Softly On The Riverbed
Album/Single	Years Of Refusal
Length	3:53
Recorded	Autumn-Winter 2007
Writer	Morrissey/Whyte
Producer	Jerry Finn

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Lyrics

Mama, why did you do it?
Mama, who drove you to it?
Was it the pigs in grey suits persecuting you? Uncivil servants unconcerned at how they frighten you? Life is nothing much to lose It's just so lonely here without you
Mama, why did you do it? Mama, who drove you to it?
Spare priggish money-men who scared the life out of you Bailiffs with bad-breath - I will slit their throats for you Life is nothing much to lose It's just so lonely here without you, Mama
Life is nothing much to lose It's just so lonely here without you
So, we're gonna run to you We're gonna come to you We're gonna lie down beside you, Mama
We're gonna be with you We're gonna join you We're gonna lie down beside you, Mama
And we will be safe and sheltered in our graves We'll come before you and we will kiss you By way of one final hug, Mama

Personnel

Morrissey - Vocals
Boz Boorer- Guitars
Jesse Tobias - Guitars
Solomon Walker - Bass guitar
Matt Walker - Drums
Roger Manning - Keyboards
Michael Farrell - Keyboards
Jeff Beck - Guitar
Mark Isham - Trumpet
Kristopher Pooley - Backing vocals
Chrissie Hynde - Backing vocals
Kristeen Young - Additional vocals
Producer - Jerry Finn
Engineer - Seth Waldmann

Live History

Play count (Morrissey concert): 61

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